Dress shield



Dec. 3, 1935. .1. RA'TH DRESS SHIELD Filed Jan. 24, 1954 [nya/Mor.'JsL-:F HTH y cf. @ma i @and /To ME y Patented Dec. 3, 1935 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE Friedlaender, Gummi Berlin, Germany Waren-Fabrik, G. m. b.H.,

Application January 24, 1934, Serial No. 708,058 In Germany October 28,1932 1 Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in dress shields, and moreparticularly in dress shields comprising a flap of moisture repellingmaterial such as india rubber and protective flaps of fabric 5 or thelike covering the said moisture repelling flap at both sides. In dressshields of this type such as are now in use the perspiration passes fromthe outer fabric to the inner fabric notwithstanding the iiap of rubberseparating the said fabrics, and it has heretofore been assumed that thetransmission of the moisture takes place through the rubber, and thatthe said rubber has not suiiicient repelling property. I have found thatthe transmission of the moisture from the outer fabric to the inner onetakes place at the margins of the shield, and that it is caused by thefabrics being in contact with each other or separated from each other bymaterial which has no moisture repelling property, such as the usualribbon sewn to the edge of the shield. The object of the improvements isto provide a shield in which the transmission of moisture from the outerfabric placed on the skin of the person to the inner fabric placed onthe garment is prevented, and with this object in View my inventionconsists in providing moisture repelling ma; terial at the margin of theshield.

For the purpose of explaining the invention several examples embodyingthe same have been 30 shown in the accompanying drawing in which thesame letters of reference have 'been used in all the views to indicatecorresponding parts. In said drawing,

Fig. 1 is an elevation showing the shield, a part of the marginal ribbonbeing removed,

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional elevation on an enlarged scale takenon the line 2--2 of Fig. 1, and

Figs. 3 and 4 are fragmentary elevations showing modifications, parts ofthe ribbon and flaps being removed.

In the example shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the dress shield comprises a flapof rubber a covered at its outer and inner sides by flaps of fabrics band c, the said flaps being united at their margins by a ribbon e. Attheir margins d the flaps b and c must be separated from each other, andtherefore they do not project beyond the fiap a, or as shown, the flapof rubber a slightly projects beyond the margins of the fabric b and c,and the ribbon e consists of moisture repelling material 5 such asrubber. Thus the fabrics b and c are separated from each other bymoisture repelling material, viz. the margin of the flap a, of rubberand the ribbon e. I have found that thereby the transmission of moisture`from the outer i0 fabric b, which absorbs the moisture from the skin ofthe person, to the inner fabric c is prevented, and that thereby thegarment is protected from the perspiration.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a modification in which 15 the flap of rubber a3is covered at either side by fabrics b3 and c3 which are impregnatedalong their margins with a material imparting thereto moisture repellingproperty, .a suitable impregnating material being paraffin. In thefigure the 20 impregnated portions f have been indicated by dots. Theshield is edged by a ribbon e3 sewn thereto which need not bewaterproof.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a modification in which the flap a4 of rubber iscovered at either side by 25 flaps of fabric b4 and c4. The fabric b4located at the outer side of the shield is adapted to absorb theperspiration from the skin, andthe whole flap c4 located at the innerside of the shield consists of a moisture repelling material, for eX-ample of a suitable fabric impregnated with parain. In the figure themoisture repelling fabric c4 has been indicated by dots. Preferably thefabric c4 is impregnated by immersing the same into molten paraiiin. Theshield is edged by a ribbon e4.

I claim:

A dress shield, comprising a flap of moisture repelling material, flapsof fabric covering the same on both sides, and an edging ribbon of 40moisture repelling material, said flap of moisture repelling materialprojecting beyond the margins of the flaps of fabric and engaging theedging ribbon.

- JOSEF RATH.

